Arguably the most prestigious film award ceremony in the country, the winners list of the 64^th National Film Awards 2017 were announced today (Friday) morning. While we don’t agree with the jury on some fronts, we would like to congratulate all the winners. Let’s take a look at them.

 

• Best Actor – Akhay Kumar (Rustom)

 

Read our interview with him for our March 2016 Cover Story. 

 

• Best Actress – Surabhi Lakshmi (Minnaminungu)

 

 

• Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Sathamanam Bhavathi

 

 

• Best Children’s Film – Dhanak (Hindi)

 

Read our interview with the film’s director Nagesh Kukunoor, which we did for our June 2016 issue. 

 

• Best Film on Social Issues – Pink

 

Read our interview with the film’s director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, which we did for our October 2016 issue. 

 

• Best Direction – Rajesh (Ventilator)

 

 

• Best Supporting Actress – Zaira Wasim (Dangal)

 

 

• Best Stunt Choreography – Peter Hein (Pulimurugan)

 

 

• Best Child Artist – Adhish Praveen (Kunju Daivam), Saj (Noor Islam), Manohara (Railway Children)

 

 

• Best Male Playback Singer – Sundara Iyer (Joker)

 

 

• Best Non-Feature Film – Fireflies In The Abyss

 

Read our interview with the film’s director, Chandrashekhar Reddy which we published way back in June, 2016.

Best Film In Regional Language (Winners)

 

• Neerja (Hindi)

 

Read our interview with the film’s director, Ram Madhvani for our March 2016 issue.

 

• Maheshinte Prathikaram (Malayalam)

 

 

• Ke Sara Sara (Konkani)

 

 

• Reservation (Kannada)

 

 

• Pelli Chupulu (Telugu)

 

 

• Dashakriya (Marathi)

 

 

• Bisarjan’ (Bengali)

 

 

• Joker (Tamil)

 

 

• Madipur (Tulu)

 

 

• Wrongside Raju (Gujarati)

 

Special Mention

 

• Adil Hussain (Mukti Bhawan and Maj Rati Keteki)

 

Read our interview with the actor that we published way back in February 2015.